Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] to make [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake . |
| 2 | ( c ) Restrictions on partners ' authority ( See Clauses 6 ( in relation to accounts ) and 18 ( generally ) ) No body of partners will wish any one of its number to have unlimited authority to incur liabilities in their firm name so as to make all members potentially liable even in respect of transactions which form no part of the normal business of the firm . |
| 3 | Besides , people were too drained by the heat to move about quickly or to make much noise . |
| 4 | ‘ However , because their access to scarce funds is more open than other disciplines , this places an extra responsibility on HSE managers to allocate their budgets wisely and to make this cash really work for them . ’ |
| 5 | So I have decided to stick my neck out and to make some predictions for the next 30 years . |
| 6 | Get to a situation where you 've had a caravan before and to make any money to pay , you 've then got to buy another caravan to subsidise that one and you seem to be it 's sort of |
| 7 | This patient just wants to sit miserably by the fire , warming the back , or to lie tucked up cosily in bed , and does not want to move around or to make any effort whatsoever . |
| 8 | All assets or groups of assets will be judged according to two new financial tests , based on return on average capital employed ( ROACE ) and capital expenditure cover — that is , the ability to pay a dividend to the shareholder as well as to make enough to re-invest in the business . |
| 9 | As it spread , its uses diversified so fast as to make any introduction to twelfth-century sources on the scale attempted in the earlier parts of the book ( pp. 17–26 , 124–32 ) impossible . |